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Edward Chapman

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Edward Chapman.

Favourite track: Air on the G String by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Novels by Jane Austen
Luxury: Cigarettes and whisky

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Jul 1968 12:25
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: George Weldon

  • Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong

    Now You Has Jazz

  • Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush

    On the Road to Mandalay

  • Frank Crumit

    I Learned About Women from Her

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major - 2nd movement (Air on a G string)

      Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin, Marcel Gazelle

  • Gracie Fields

    My Blue Heaven

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A Major

    Soloist: Jascha Heifetz, Artur Rubinstein

  • Joyce Grenfell

    I'm Going to See You Today

  • Book Choice

    • Novels - Jane Austen

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cigarettes and whisky

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Edward Chapman

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jul 1968 12:25
    Home Service

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